Gold Award Winner 2015
Gibson/Martelli, MAN A
MAN A VR 2015
MAN A 2014 – Ongoing, Site-specific wall prints & objects, Augmented Reality App
Gibson/Martelli re-imagine ‘dazzle’ camouflage as tribal markings for invisible performers, activated via an AR App. Examining relationships between figure & landscape, the artists collaborate to discover new performance spaces – the MAN A project has formed a ‘laboratory’ for the artists to experiment with a number of different ideas around this concept, together with mocap, large format printing, augmented, and virtual reality.
Performers: Nicola Gibbons, Ruth Gibson, Siobhan O’Neil, Robert Davidson, Eszter Gal, Bettina Neuhaus, Joe Moran, Florence Peake, Julie Nathanielsz.
Concept & Design: Gibson/Martelli
App: Bruno Martelli
Printing: Omni
Sound: Adam Nash
Special Thanks: Ian William Gouldstone, Alex Woolner, Dan McCormick, Jon Meyer
Supported by: The Barbican ‘Digital Revolution’, Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University, Studio Art Residency Programme, Dartmouth College, USA, GOSH Arts and Allied London.
(L-R: Huff & Puff (from MAN A series) in RAW GREEN @SimSmith Gallery 2020 (installation photo Anna Arca), MAN A VR in ENTER THROUGH THE HEADSET 2 @Gazelli Art House 2017 (screenshot), MAN A @Selfridges, London 2014 (installation view), Big Bob 2015, Sculpture, dimensions and materials variable, cardboard, vinyl, wood, augmented reality app. (installation Jaffe-Friede Gallery) part of the MAN A series.
MAN A at Selfridges, London 2014
MAN A Big Bob at Jaffe-Friede Gallery, USA 2015
